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Well, in the context of 'dukkha nirodha', cessation of suffering sounds fine to me. It is best to give the idea of 'a ceasing' or 'an end' there.

sure, in the context of 'dukkha nirodha', cessation of suffering is fine. this is why translations of the 3rd noble truth always make perfect sense

but the problem arises with Dependent Origination, where the word 'cessation' implies when ignorance ceases, the five aggregates, i.e., life, ceases

this is not a trivial matter. the history of buddhism is dominated by such materialistic intepretations. the literal rebirthers believe with the cessation of ignorance, there is the literal cessation of consciousness, mind & body, etc

then there are the neo-advaitists, such as Katukurunde Nanananda, that seem to hold with the cessation of ignorance, there occurs the cessation of the perception of consciousness, mind & body, etc, i.e., the cessation of 'naming' 'forms'.

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it is essential to always use the 4NTs as the reference point, where the cessation of craving is explained as the cessation of suffering